By Rene Bonsubre,Jr Carl Jammes Martin closed the curtains on ESPN 5’s live fight card with his opening round demolition of Thai boxer Yutthichai Wannawong. The bantamweight southpaw from Ifugao province also has the most entertaining ring entrance in the Philippines today, with an entourage dressed in traditional costumes. The actual fight turned out to be short but eye-catching. Martin landed a stream of shots to the body and finished with a right to the head dropping Wannawong to his knees. Referee Danrex Tapdasan signaled the end at 2:51. The 20 year old Martin’s two-fisted attacking style is made for television and in his second Metro Manila live show, he once again drew comparisons to the country’s boxing icon Manny Pacquiao. In his post-fight TV interview with Dennis Principe of ESPN 5, he said that Pacquiao is his boxing idol but he never really intended to copy Pacquiao’s style. But when he steps inside the ring, it just turns out that way. Martin is now 13-0,12KO’s. Wannawong lost his third straight fight by stoppage and is now 9-9,7KO’s. For more than a decade every Filipino prospect with a decent punch has been compared to Pacquiao. It has more often than not, turned out to a curse rather than a blessing. Most could not live up to the high expectations of the fickle Filipino public. Martin was modest and honest in his TV interview when he said that he needs more time to develop and it could take three years before he is ready for a world title shot. For now, he has compiled three regional belts since he turned pro in 2016. He will continue be a television attraction and his fight videos on Youtube have gotten six figure views. Last February, this writer had a chance to interview Martin in Metro Manila. Aside from Pacquiao, he also cited retired fighters Gerry Peñalosa, a two-division champion and Z Gorres as his other favorites. Martin has Pacquiao’s early fighting style but it would be interesting to see if he can expand his repertoire and develop the technical skills of a Peñalosa and Gorres. For the rest of Sunday's televised fights – Jayson Mama’s fight against former WBA minimumweight world champ Ekkawit Songnui (Kwanthai Sithmorseng) had a disappointing and bizarre ending. It wasn’t Mama’s fault, he did his job but the Thai boxer, a veteran of 56 fights, complained that he had trouble seeing after being hit by a jab in the third round. Mama, who is now 13-0,7KO’s, obviously would have preferred a better way to showcase his skills against a former champ in a nationally televised fight. Dave Apolinario beat Adrian Lerasan by unanimous decision, former WBA interim world titleholder Randy Petalcorin won by TKO in the third round against another Thai, Worawatchai Boonjan, Rolando Servania got a unanimous verdict against Pablito Canada and Robin Dingcong beat Ernel Fontanilla, also by unanimous decision. Photo from video of Carl Jammes Martin’s fight last February 2019
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